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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: Please revert "ash: make dot command search current directory first, as bash does."
From:       Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2017-01-10 14:19:28
Message-ID: CAK1hOcPBQfudAp9X3JQCgV=YkUA_PYAwmuFyx4EqnhmkVi5j0g () mail ! gmail ! com
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done.

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:43 PM, Jody Bruchon <jody@jodybruchon.com> wrote:
> On 2017-01-10 3:42 AM, Kang-Che Sung wrote:
>>
>> Please revert commit 8ad78e1ec7b2e873953f9f476fb63b5893526c39
>> "ash: make dot command search current directory first, as bash does."
>>
>> This dot command behavior neither follows bash's behavior nor POSIX's.
>
> It is also a security risk to have the dot command search the current
> directory with the intent of executing anything. If the functionality is
> needed, the user can add '.' to PATH and accept the risks involved
> explicitly.
>
> -Jody
>
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